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ArticleChemical science2019

Electrostatically PEGylated DNA enables salt-free hybridization in water.

Gurudas Chakraborty, Konstantin Balinin, Giuseppe Portale, Mark Loznik, Evgeny Polushkin, Tanja Weil, Andreas Herrmann

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Article in Chemical science, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Gurudas ChakrabortyZernike Institute for Advanced Materials , University of Groningen , Nijenborgh 4 , 9747 AG Groningen , The Netherlands . Email: herrmann@dwi.rwth-aachen.de.ORCID 0000-0003-1477-2792
Konstantin BalininZernike Institute for Advanced Materials , University of Groningen , Nijenborgh 4 , 9747 AG Groningen , The Netherlands . Email: herrmann@dwi.rwth-aachen.de.
Giuseppe PortaleZernike Institute for Advanced Materials , University of Groningen , Nijenborgh 4 , 9747 AG Groningen , The Netherlands . Email: herrmann@dwi.rwth-aachen.de.ORCID 0000-0002-4903-3159
Mark LoznikZernike Institute for Advanced Materials , University of Groningen , Nijenborgh 4 , 9747 AG Groningen , The Netherlands . Email: herrmann@dwi.rwth-aachen.de.
Evgeny PolushkinZernike Institute for Advanced Materials , University of Groningen , Nijenborgh 4 , 9747 AG Groningen , The Netherlands . Email: herrmann@dwi.rwth-aachen.de.
Tanja WeilMax Planck Institute for Polymer Research , Ackermannweg 10 , 55128 Mainz , Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5906-7205
Andreas HerrmannZernike Institute for Advanced Materials , University of Groningen , Nijenborgh 4 , 9747 AG Groningen , The Netherlands . Email: herrmann@dwi.rwth-aachen.de.ORCID 0000-0002-8886-0894
University of Groningen · NLUniversity of Applied Sciences Mainz · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chemically modified nucleic acids have long served as a very important class of bio-hybrid structures. In particular, the modification with PEG has advanced the scope and performance of oligonucleotides in materials science, catalysis and therapeutics. Most of the applications involving pristine or modified DNA rely on the potential of DNA to form a double-stranded structure. However, a substantial requirement for metal-cations to achieve hybridization has restricted the range of applications. To extend the applicability of DNA in salt-free or low ionic strength aqueous medium, we introduce noncovalent DNA-PEG constructs that allow canonical base-pairing between individually PEGylated complementary strands resulting in a double-stranded structure in salt-free aqueous medium. This method relies on grafting of amino-terminated PEG polymers electrostatically onto the backbone of DNA, which results in the formation of a PEG-envelope. The specific charge interaction of PEG molecules with DNA, absolute absence of metal ions within the PEGylated DNA molecules and formation of a double helix that is significantly more stable than the duplex in an ionic buffer have been unequivocally demonstrated using multiple independent characterization techniques.

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PMID32055364
PMCPMC6991176
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